Executive
ALAIN CARPENTIER
President
SAINT-JEAN-BAPTISTE, QC
I rediscovered the joy of aeromodelling in 2017 with Les Modélistes Anti-Gravité from zone N, and it quickly became a passion that reignited my love for scale fixed-wing aircraft and training others in this incredible hobby.
In March 2023, I joined the MAAC Board of Directors, and in November 2024, I was honored to be elected as MAAC President. My professional background as a business process expert in graphic arts, media publishing, and government agencies IMS product owner has provided me with valuable experience in leadership and collaboration—skills I now dedicate to MAAC.
Together, I aim to strengthen our community, enhance communication, and ensure MAAC continues to thrive as the cornerstone of aeromodelling in Canada.
W. CRAIG KNIGHT
Vice-President
SAULT STE MARIE, ON
Hello,
I was born in Windsor Ontario in 1952, so I guess I'm of the Boomer generation. Was hired by Burroughs Business Machines out of High School, moved to Sudbury with that company - a long story - then North Bay.
Began my modelling interests in North Bay, looking for a diversion. I developed an interest in model airplanes after seeing a demonstration at the Comber Fair maybe 1970. Bought my first radio control from Bob's hobbies on Lakeshore - a Kraft 5 channel. I paid 500 1975 dollars. Met my darling wife in North Bay, (another long story) and was member of both the North Bay model airplane club and the Nippissing Miniature Airplane Club - now known as NIPMAC. Same company then moved me and me to Sault Ste. Marie. I quit them and was hired at the Steel Plant where I put in 35 years retiring from Environmental Control. I have held many positions in my local club, was a zone director decades ago for one term and have been deputy zone director for Northern Ontario for a decade anyway. I currently fly scale aerobatics not too well, flippy models a little better, indoor foamies and anything else.
JOHN DEADMAN
Executive Committee Member
DELTA, BC
JOHN HORNER
Executive Committee Member
LEDUC, AB
M. ADAM MAAS
Executive Committee Member
TORONTO, ON
I grew up around aviation, with a father who was a bush pilot and an avid plastic scale modeller. I'm a life long modeller who was an active RC pilot as a youth, and then like many of us I got out of aeromodelling in my teenage years. I never did stop modelling and have been an active & life-long Model Train enthusiast as well and started scratchbuilding in the model train hobby, an interest which has come over to my RC activities as well.
I came back to aeromodelling in my late 20's and RC a few years later.
I'm now an active sailplane pilot, and dabble in RC power (Electric and am returning to glow), rubber & catapult freeflight and am an active builder with an interest in classic RC designs, especially smaller 1/2A and .10-.25 sized models. Radios also are a core part of my hobby and I spend a lot of time on both modern radios (OpenTX and Spektrum Airware) and conversions & repairs of classic radios from the 60's & 70's. You might even find me flying a Galloping Ghost on 2.4GHz.
